It was late at night when Huanan He returned to his mansion in a daze.

He had just entered his bedroom when a man in red clothes stepped up to meet him.

"Brother He, I finally see you again!"

His voice was clear and cool, like the pure mountain stream flowing in the sunset. The words were filled with indescribable excitement, which were trembling.

"Xuanji... Xiu?"

Huanan He stood where he was. He looked at the handsome man across from him in a daze. Then he stretched out his hands, folded them with the man's hands, and held them tightly.

The man was Yu Xuanji, the favorite minister of the deceased emperor, and he had served as High Priest. He was an important figure who jointly influenced the court of Da Yi with Leng Qingtang, the former Commander-in-chief in the Eastern Depot, a fake eunuch who was once the identity of Huanan He.

As they looked at each other, Yu Xuanji wept and his tongue trembled.

"I have been thinking of coming back as soon as possible to see you and Ruo."

While they were talking, Gu Di came out from behind the screen. Seeing that they were crying, he thought it was the joy and excitement that they were able to meet each other.

He approached them and said with a smile.

"Xuanji went to Jing City secretly with some disciples of Hongyan Denomination. They built underground fortifications in the desolate temple in the northern suburb. They can help you achieve your great career."

"Oh, by the way, did you defeat that woman from Ying State when you went to the embassy with Wang Can?"

Huanan He shook his head sadly, weeping.

When he saw Yu Xuanji, he would think of Gu Yunxi, who was suffering from Qianji poison in Jingyang Palace at this time. His heart seemed to be pricked with pain.

"Xiu, I'm sorry... I didn't take good care of Yunxi..."

Hearing this, Yu Xuanji’s expression greatly changed. He grabbed Huanan He's hand and asked.

"Ruo… What's wrong with her? Tell me! Tell me!"

Gu Di's heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat. After separating the two people in dispute, he asked his brother.

"What did Huanan Xin do to Yunxi again?"

Huanan He smashed his fist on the square table.

With a click, the exquisite and beautiful marble panel on the desktop was finally unable to bear the heavy pressure. The flat marble surface cracked and spread rapidly around.

...

After hearing the whole narration of Huanan He, Yu Xuanji closed his eyes and sat limply in his seat, his face full of desolation and sadness.

Huanan He's sad eyes were full of confusion, and he scolded himself.

"Xiu, I'm always sorry for you and your sister."

Yu Xuanji slowly regained his calm and slowly waved his hand.

"You don't have to blame yourself. I know my sister. When I first met her in the Pengxian Temple that year, I could see that she could do anything for you and even give up her life... Brother He, she really loves you."

Gu Di signed heavily.

"Yunxi is born to be very strong. Her perseverance sometimes makes us feel inferior. She said she could escape from the Palace. She may have figured out a way."

Huanan He stared at the ground with red eyes and sniffed.

"Time was so short that she didn't have time to say it."

Gu Di couldn't help gnashing his teeth.

"I still worry about one thing. Huanan Xin is a treacherous villain. He has seen through the matter between you and Yunxi. Why did he punish her but award you?"

"Have you ever thought that since you are granted the Regency Power, why does he have to wait for you to come back from Ying State and give you the seal?"

Huanan He sneered and his eyes were dim.

"The worst case is that he will fiddle with the official ship and kill me!"

Gu Di narrowed his eyes with resentment.

"Are you at the mercy of him?"

Huanan He only felt that there was a nerve protruding under the thin skin in the center of his eyebrows, which jumped more and more rapidly and caused pain around his forehead. He pressed hard with two fingers.

"The imperial edict has been made. If I don't go, I will be guilty of disobeying the imperial edict and give Huanan Xin a reason to kill me. Anyway, I should be more careful along the way."

"There are three days left. In these three days, I urgently need to contact Le Xiaobei and ask him to help me rescue Yunxi from the Palace first."

Gu Di was stunned and looked at Yu Xuanji silently.

Yu Xuanji's face was frozen and he got up.

"Brother He, I'll show you something first. I don’t hope you get too excited."

Taking something from a corner of the treasure locker, Yu Xuanji hesitated and turned back. He handed it to Huanan He with both hands and turned his head to one side. He couldn't bear to see how the man opposite would look later.

"Is this...?"

Huanan He took it with trembling fingers. When he looked at it, he almost vomited blood. There was a buzz in his head.

"Ninth Brother!"

Seeing the situation, Gu Di clamped his two fingers and thrust them into his heart, forcing him to swallow a mouthful of blood in time.

Huanan He became so excited that he jumped up, grabbed Yu Xuanji's shoulder, and shook desperately.

"How did you get this The Exquisite Collection of Delicacies? It's Rushi's painstaking work! How could it be like this? How could it…?"

"Brother He, calm down!"

Yu Xuanji pushed the crazy man back to his chair.

"I found it on a man who was seriously injured in North Mountain. The man was murdered by Yue Xilou and is dying now!"

"Yue Xilou?"

Blue veins stood out on Huanan He's temples. His fingers slowly straightened, and there was a strip of red clothes in his hand.

Yu Xuanji straightened his clothes and shook hands with him in pain.

"When building underground fortifications, someone needs to keep watch at any time near the top of the mountain. That's when I found the man fighting with Yue Xilou in Northern Mountain. He was finally defeated and knocked off the cliff. Judging from his official suit, he is Bingbi of the Imperial Ceremony Office in the Palace."

"You mean he is Xiaobei?"

A flash of fire sprang up in Huanan He's eyes, and he couldn't help being shocked and full of pain.

His eyes slowly fell on the missing book in his hand. He was silent for a moment and felt bitter grief.

"It turns out that the person who broke our plan and robbed the book from the ninja of Ying State is Yue Xilou! Xiaobei... Xiaobei exposed his identity for this book and was almost killed..."

Gu Di stepped forward and comforted him.

"When you didn't come back just now, I had made a judgment from Xuanji's dictation. Xiaobei didn't die but reached the highest level of the martial arts named 'breaking flowers and splicing'."

"Breaking flowers and splicing?" Huanan He was stunned and didn't understand what he said.

"That's the forbidden martial arts of Tianyan Faction. It's said that as long as you reach the highest level of the ninth level, you can connect and regenerate the broken blood vessels so as to resurrect. Therefore, it's named 'breaking flowers and splicing'."

"In those days, even my Master, Hong Zun, the 13th generation leader of Tianyan Faction, only practiced to the fifth level of martial arts."

"Later, he followed the advice of his best friend Taoist priest Puhang and thought that the unique martial arts were against the natural law of life and death in the world, so he listed it as the forbidden martial art of Tianyan Faction."

"Xiaobei was so lucky that he was able to reach the highest level of 'breaking flowers and splicing' on the verge of death. It's really a happy event."

Huanan He suddenly realized something.

"It turns out that there are still disciples of Tianyan Faction in the Palace."

Gu Di smiled softly and said.

"According to this calculation, Xiaobei should be under Hu Shun's command. I think the matter of Mount Yin was exposed in those years, but fortunately, Lord Hu didn't give him up before he committed suicide."

"And most of the informers at the same level as Xiaobei only contact Hu Shun alone. They don't know each other, so some people can be preserved."

Time was again returned to those thrilling memories of the past events.

Huanan He's mood fluctuated. With a complex and anxious expression, he pulled Gu Di with emotion and said with guilt.

"Brother, in order to win the trust of Emperor Jingxiao, I led the squads of the Eastern Depot to destroy Mount Yin, forcing Lord Hu to drink poison and commit suicide."

"I can't imagine that the brothers of Tianyan Faction are the ones who helped me recover after many years. I have a guilty conscience about you and them."

The warm tears condensed in the corners of his eyes, and Gu Di laughed generously.

"At that time, you also considered the overall situation and had to do it. Besides, in order to protect me, you cheated Huanan Ze with a fake corpse. How can I blame you?"

Huanan He finally calmed down a little and immediately said with worry.

"Where is Xiaobei now? I can't be at ease until I see him safe and sound in person. And he knows about Yue Xilou the most. I still need to ask him face-to-face about some things."

Yu Xuanji was eager to say.

"He's in the underground fortifications of the Qingfeng Temple in the Northern Mountain. I'll lead the way and we'll start immediately before dawn."